
by Najwa Najjar
Inspired by a true event,Eyes of a Thiefopens at the height of the secondIntifada,in 2002. Wounded and on the run, the enigmatic Tareq (Abol Naga) initially eludes Israeli forces when nuns shelter him in a West Bank church crypt. Later captured and imprisoned for a decade, he returns to a world dramatically transformed and sets out to find Nur, the daughter he has never known. It is a search that pitches Tareq into a realm of dangerous secrets and moral uncertainties.